Trump Says DC Crime Rampant; Data Shows Violent Crime Is Down

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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President Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse, not getting better.” But violence in the capital is actually falling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.2	All right, well, Trump's taken over D.C. FBI agents are ordered on patrol.
0:38.4	The National Guard has been activated
0:40.1	and other cities have been warned
0:41.7	they may be up next.
0:43.9	Well, the mayor of Baltimore is standing by
0:45.8	with his response tonight.
0:47.4	Can't wait to hear what he has to say.
0:49.3	Plus, a federal judge is calling BS
0:51.3	on the DOJ's request to release
0:53.5	grand jury transcripts in the Galane Maxwell case.
0:57.0	Why he says, it's all just a smoke screen.
1:00.4	And just where are expectations for the Trump Putin summit?
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1:16.5	All right, it's Monday.
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